In the video, the man tried to walk away, but the woman stopped him, continuing to ask where Egypt was. When he tried to go around her and go up a nearby set of stairs, the woman grabbed his arm, trying to stop him.

When the man walked away, the woman asked a man taking video, "Why are you filming this?" and appears to put her hand in front of the camera.

San Francisco State officials said in a statement that the confrontation happened on campus Monday and that university police were called to the scene when it happened.

Although the title of the video — which had more than 130,000 views on YouTube on Tuesday — says the woman was a campus employee, university officials said none of the people shown were employed by San Francisco State.

"San Francisco State University promotes the rights of the campus community to engage in free speech, but does not condone behavior that impedes the safety or well-being of others," the university said. "We are taking the matter seriously and will promptly and thoroughly investigate this incident through applicable University channels, including our campus student conduct procedures."